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Urban planners are watching the census of blight in Detroit for what it might mean for the way the most troubled cities can track empty, decaying structures and decide what do about them.     

Asylum seeker killed in violence outside Australian-run detention camp at Papua New Guinea     

Pope Francis wants to travel the world as a regular Argentine and not in his official capacity as a citizen of the Vatican City microstate, Argentina said on Monday (February 17). The head of the Roman Catholic Church an...

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After nearly a month of calm, protesters and the police clashed as Parliament was preparing a series of important votes.     

A 6.7-strong earthquake strikes northeast of Barbados, no immediate reports of its effects     

Taihei Kato of Japan breaks arm in ski jump accident during Nordic combined event at Sochi     

A Bernie Madoff company honcho accused of helping him pull off his $17 million Ponzi fraud plans plans to break his silence Tuesday by testifying before a Manhattan federal jury...

An Oklahoma pharmacy has agreed not to provide Missouri with a made-to-order drug for an inmate's execution scheduled for later this month, according to court documents filed Monday.

An auditorium collapse caused by heavy snow in South Korea has trapped dozens of students. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.

Faction's announcement it killed 23 soldiers prompts government negotiating team to cancel scheduled round of talks.

A Massachusetts woman found guilty in the first-degree murder of her pregnant friend has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, according to Worcester Superior Court.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- The Republican House chairman spearheading investigations of President Barack Obama's administration urged his party Tuesday to unite against Obama's "imperial presidency."     

Orland Park businessman accused of shooting wife to death in 2010The former Chicago sportscaster was in court today to support her father, her attorney said, as jury selection began in the murder trial of Allan Kustok. �...

Affordable Care Act does provide validation of CER that enhances its influence. The provision states that evidence or findings from CER shall not be used to determine coverage, reimbursement, or incentive programs. Compa...

Cash remittances to Bangladesh from its global diaspora of migrant workers - the country's second largest source of foreign exchange behind the garment industry - continue to slide. The Bangladesh Bank, the country's cen...

As hatchery fish come to dominate rivers on West Coast, lawsuits target impacts on wild runs     

The Zimbabwean president left Harare on Monday and would return for his birthday party on Saturday.

BRUSSELS (AP) -- There's one big reason why the United States has a dearth of execution drugs so acute that some states are considering solutions such as firing squads and gas chambers: Europe's fierce hostility to capit...

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NBC reporter Christin Cooper drove US skier Bode Miller to tears in a cringe-worthy interview after his bronze-medal win in the men's super-G at the Sochi Olympics. The 36-year-old skier...

A historic tidbit on Gov. Cuomo's Twitter feed has political observers wondering if he was having some fun at Hillary Rodham Clinton's expense on Presidents Day. "Which state had the...